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astro-ph.GA2026

Sequential Star-Formation and the Near-Infrared Stellar Populations within N159

Nolan Habel, E. Sabbi, Peter Zeidler +19

We present the first results from a JWST/NIRCam study of the star-forming region N159, one of the richest H II complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This region stretches over $…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Stellar Population of NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud with JWST

J. Jaspers, P. Kavanagh, G. De Marchi +13

NGC 346 is a massive star-forming region located at a distance of 62 kpc, in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Due to its low metallicity (Z 1/5 Z), it is an…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST NIRCam and MIRI Reveal the Dust-Producing AGB Population of NGC 6822

Conor Nally, Olivia C. Jones, Laura Lenkić +9

We present a photometric catalogue of the Local Group dwarf galaxy NGC 6822 based on deep JWST observations obtained with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrum…

astro-ph.HE2025

Taming the Tarantula: How Stellar Wind Feedback Shapes Gas and Dust in 30 Doradus

Jennifer A. Rodriguez, Laura A. Lopez, Lachlan Lancaster +5

Observations of massive star-forming regions show that classical stellar wind models over-predict the luminosity of the X-ray emitting gas, indicating a significant fraction of win…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Young Stellar Objects in the SMC Region NGC 346: JWST Detects Dust, Accretion, Ices and Outflows

Nolan Habel, Omnarayani Nayak, Patrick J. Kavanagh +13

We present mid-infrared spectroscopic observations of intermediate- to high-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) in the low-metallicity star-forming region NGC 346 located within the…

astro-ph.GA2025

First detection of ices in intermediate-mass young stellar objects beyond the Milky Way

Guido De Marchi, Nolan Habel, Margaret Meixner +15

Using NIRSpec on JWST, we studied a sample of 15 intermediate-mass (1.8-4.1 Msun) young stellar objects (YSOs) previously identified with MIRI photometry in the low-metallicity NGC…

astro-ph.GA2025

JWST NIRCam Imaging of NGC 4258: I. Observation Overview

Travis C. Fischer, Nicholas F. Cothard, Omnarayani Nayak +3

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam imaging of the nearby Seyfert 1.9 galaxy NGC 4258, which hosts strong star formation regions as well as an anomalous jet-like ra…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 14 cited

Protoplanetary discs around sun-like stars appear to live longer when the metallicity is low

Guido De Marchi, Giovanna Giardino, Katia Biazzo +17

Previous Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the star-forming cluster NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) had revealed a large population of pre-main sequence (PMS…

astro-ph.SR2024

Young Stellar Objects in NGC 346: A JWST NIRCam/MIRI Imaging Survey

Nolan Habel, Conor Nally, Laura Lenkic +17

We present a JWST imaging survey with NIRCam and MIRI of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). By combining aperture and point spread func…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Size-Linewidth Relation and Signatures of Feedback from Quiescent to Active Star Forming Regions in the LMC

Alex Green, Tony Wong, Remy Indebetouw +6

To investigate the effects of stellar feedback on the gravitational state of giant molecular clouds (GMCs), we study CO and CO ALMA maps of nine GMCs distributed thro…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 47 cited

Emission lines due to ionizing radiation from a compact object in the remnant of Supernova 1987A

C. Fransson, M. J. Barlow, P. J. Kavanagh +31

The nearby Supernova 1987A was accompanied by a burst of neutrino emission, which indicates that a compact object (a neutron star or black hole) was formed in the explosion. There…

astro-ph.GA2024

Imaging of I Zw 18 by JWST. I. Strategy and First Results of Dusty Stellar Populations

Alec S. Hirschauer, Nicolas Crouzet, Nolan Habel +16

We present a JWST imaging survey of I Zw 18, the archetypal extremely metal-poor, star-forming (SF), blue compact dwarf galaxy. With an oxygen abundance of only 3% $Z_{\odot}…

astro-ph.HE2024

Detection of Diffuse Hot Gas Around the Young, Potential Superstar Cluster H72.97-69.39

Trinity L. Webb, Jennifer A. Rodriguez, Laura A. Lopez +6

We present the first Chandra X-ray observations of H72.97-69.39, a highly-embedded, potential super-star cluster (SSC) in its infancy located in the star-forming complex N79 of the…

astro-ph.GA2023

JWST MIRI and NIRCam Unveil Previously Unseen Infrared Stellar Populations in NGC 6822

Conor Nally, Olivia C. Jones, Laura Lenkić +9

NGC 6822 is a nearby (~490 kpc) non-interacting low-metallicity (0.2 Zsolar) dwarf galaxy which hosts several prominent H ii regions, including sites of highly embedded active star…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

A JWST/MIRI and NIRCam Analysis of the Young Stellar Object Population in the Spitzer I region of NGC 6822

Laura Lenkić, Conor Nally, Olivia C. Jones +8

We present an imaging survey of the Spitzer I star-forming region in NGC 6822 conducted with the NIRCam and MIRI instruments onboard JWST. Located at a distance of 490 kpc, NGC 682…

astro-ph.HE2023

Ejecta, Rings, and Dust in SN 1987A with JWST MIRI/MRS

O. C. Jones, P. J. Kavanagh, M. J. Barlow +31

Supernova (SN) 1987A is the nearest supernova in 400 years. Using the {\em JWST} MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrograph, we spatially resolved the ejecta, equatorial ring (ER) a…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 34 cited

JWST NIRSpec observations of Supernova 1987A -- from the inner ejecta to the reverse shock

J. Larsson, C. Fransson, B. Sargent +23

We present initial results from JWST NIRSpec integral field unit observations of the nearby Supernova (SN) 1987A. The observations provide the first spatially-resolved spectroscopy…

astro-ph.SR2023

Discovery of dusty sub-solar mass young stellar objects in NGC 346 with JWST/NIRCam

Olivia C. Jones, Conor Nally, Nolan Habel +23

JWST observations of NGC 346, a star-forming region in the metal-poor Small Magellanic Cloud, reveal a substantial population of sub-solar mass young stellar objects (YSOs) with IR…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 51 cited

JWST MIRI/MRS in-flight absolute flux calibration and tailored fringe correction for unresolved sources

D. Gasman, I. Argyriou, G. C. Sloan +18

The MRS is one of the four observing modes of JWST/MIRI. Using JWST in-flight data of unresolved (point) sources, we can derive the MRS absolute spectral response function (ASRF) s…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 47 cited

Spectroscopic time series performance of the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the JWST

Jeroen Bouwman, Sarah Kendrew, Thomas P. Greene +21

We present here the first ever mid-infrared spectroscopic time series observation of the transiting exoplanet \object{L 168-9 b} with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the Jame…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 440 cited

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 38 cited

The 30 Doradus Molecular Cloud at 0.4 pc Resolution with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array: Physical Properties and the Boundedness of CO-emitting Structures

Tony Wong, Luuk Oudshoorn, Eliyahu Sofovich +21

We present results of a wide-field (approximately 60 x 90 pc) ALMA mosaic of CO(2-1) and CO(2-1) emission from the molecular cloud associated with the 30 Doradus star-formin…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 20 cited

An ALMA study of the massive molecular clump N159W-North in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A possible gas flow penetrating one of the most massive protocluster systems in the Local Group

Kazuki Tokuda, Taisei Minami, Yasuo Fukui +18

Massive dense clumps in the Large Magellanic Cloud can be an important laboratory to explore the formation of populous clusters. We report multiscale ALMA observations of the N159W…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 15 cited

The Lick Observatory Supernova Search follow-up program: photometry data release of 70 stripped-envelope supernovae

WeiKang Zheng, Benjamin E. Stahl, Thomas de Jaeger +85

We present BVRI and unfiltered Clear light curves of 70 stripped-envelope supernovae (SESNe), observed between 2003 and 2020, from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) foll…